BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



This is an excellent bait for a trout, if you an- 

 gle with it on the top of the water with a bristled 

 hook. 



FLAG-WORMS OR DOCK-WORMS , 



Found among flags, in old pits or ponds, in little 

 husks among the strings or fibres of the roots, are 

 small worms, pale yellow or white, as a gentle. 

 These are very good baits. 



These are excellent baits for graylings, tench, 

 bream, carp, roach, and dace* 



BACK-WORM OR ASH-GRUB, 



Found under the bark of an oak, ash, elder, or 

 beech, especially when felled, and they have lain 

 some time, or in the hollow of those trees when 

 dotted and rotten. It is to be used from Michael- 

 mas to May or June. It is very full and white, 

 bent rouud from the tail to the head, and the parts 

 resembling a young dor or humble-bee. 



This is an excellent bait for trout and gray- 

 ling : it is very tender, and curious to be baited 

 with. 



COD-BAIT, CAD-BAIT, CADIS OR CASE WORM, 



Are thus differently called, and are of three 



sorts : 



1st. Found under stones that lie loose and hol- 

 low, in small brooks, shallow rivers, or very fine 

 gravel, in case or husk ; and when fit for use they 

 are yellowish, are bigger than a gentle, with a 

 blackish head. Another sort is found in pits, 

 ponds, ditches, in rushes, water-weeds, straw, 



